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Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« on: January 21, 2009, 05:20:37 pm »
John Gallagher told me about this fun website that allows you to take your own pictures and turn them into icons similar to the famous Shepard Fairey Obama poster:


Here's the link.  It's free, and you can also order T-shirts, mugs and other items with your art on them.

http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

I'd love to see your results, so please post them here!  8)
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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 05:23:10 pm »
Here are a few Brokebackian posters I did.  It's great fun, but beware, you could get addicted to this.  ;D










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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 05:47:12 pm »
I made a couple also:




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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 12:19:49 am »


Look at these done by my friend Judy in San Francisco:





and this:




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(and you know who I am...)


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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 12:35:43 am »

One of the thousands in the Gallery on the website:



I did this one from a pic John posted, but I stole the wording from someone else:

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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 12:37:48 am »


Ich bin ein Brokie...

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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 07:08:39 pm »

Look at these done by my friend Judy in San Francisco:



Love it!

But the 'One Way' doesn't looke right. Or maybe it does.. ;)

At least the little green person seems to go into Obama's direction. Green is good.
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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 02:26:00 am »


Ich bin ein Brokie...

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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2009, 02:26:39 am »
Me as a kid:

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Re: Obamacons: Discover the fun and post yours here!
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 11:10:00 pm »
Me as a baby:

My brother as a child:


My dad as a young man:

Skip's bichons:
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